Infant/Toddler Activities

Montessori Christmas: Rhythm & Songs {day 9}

December 8, 2011
Stringing Beads

Rhythm & Songs A fun activity to help teach young ones beginning rhythm is singing with  a simple instrument. This could be done with rhythm sticks or even a wooden spoon and pot. Since it’s Christmas, I made homemade jingle bells (just several bells on a chenille stick wrapped together). The activity is simple, really, [...]

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Montessori Christmas: Pegs on a Rim & Sorting Ornaments {day 7}

December 6, 2011
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Cold season has hit our Montessori home. Both boys haven’t been feeling well, one with a fever and the other with a fever and cold. We’ve been taking things slow, playing here and there and watching Christmas movies. Luckily, the weather has matched the activity level in our house. It’s been raining going on 3 [...]

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Montessori Christmas: Sensory Books & Cracking Nuts {day 6}

December 3, 2011
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Touch & Feel Sensory Books We borrowed a small collection of Christmas board books from our local library and they’re all new and in good condition, which is rare for library board books. This isn’t as “Montessori” as most of the other activities in this series, but it’s reading and it’s fun for Otto to [...]

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Montessori Christmas: Cookie Cutters & Sensory Sorting {day 8}

December 3, 2011
Montessori Smelling Basket

Sickness is almost out of our house. Yay! The boys are doing much better, but little Otto is still coughing and congested. Cookie Cutter Play Dough This is an activity for a toddler or older toddler, depending on their ability and comfort level. But plain and simple, it’s play dough with a rolling pin and [...]

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Montessori Christmas: Unwrapping & Wrapping a Present {day 5}

December 2, 2011
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Unwrapping a Present When you think about it, for an infant or toddler Christmas morning can be a pretty overwhelming experience. There’s so much activity going on and most they don’t understand. So why not an unwrapping work? They might just think this is more fun than the actual present! Wrapping a Present This is a work [...]

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Montessori Christmas: Trying on Hats & Beading Candy Canes {day 4}

December 1, 2011
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Trying on Hats My aunt bought the boys a few silly hats last Christmas, so when I pulled them out of the box I figured, why not put them on the shelf? It reminded me of a work in one of my infant/toddler albums. Little did I know this would be a favorite of Otto’s! [...]

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Montessori Christmas: Christmas Treasure Basket & Weaving Ribbons {day 3}

November 30, 2011
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Christmas Treasure Basket Once we opened our box of Christmas decorations I pulled out a few things that would be safe for Otto to play with and explore without breaking. It wasn’t as much as I was hoping, but I like to work with what I have on hand instead of buying new items for [...]

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Montessori Christmas: Crushing Paper & Decorating a Tree {day 2}

November 29, 2011
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One day down…eleven to go! Onto today’s activities… Crushing Paper This is a fun activity for the older infant/younger toddler. I cut leftover Christmas tissue paper and wrapping paper into squares, and let them crush it. When I did this with Joey, I left the paper in an open basket, but since Otto is still [...]

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Montessori Christmas: In & Out and Transferring {day 1}

November 27, 2011
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It’s here! The 12 Days of Montessori Christmas to get you inspired to do “school” this holiday season while having fun celebrating. I’m excited to share with you Montessori-inspired Christmas activities for infants/toddlers and preschoolers. Over the next 12 days, I’ll post an activity for each group every day. I’ll be revisiting some from the archives, [...]

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12 Days of Montessori Christmas {Coming Soon!}

November 20, 2011
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I’m exited to announce that starting Monday, November 28th I’ll be hosting… It’ll be two weeks packed with Christmas themed activities for infant/toddlers and preschoolers, giveaways, and a weekly Christmas project link-up! It’ll be a blast and I hope you join me. What you can expect: Each day I’ll post a Montessori-themed activity geared toward infant/toddlers [...]

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How to Make a Grasping Ring/Bell

August 10, 2011
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Before Otto was born I knew I wanted to have more activities geared toward the younger months of infancy than I did with Joey. I had grand plans of making this before he was born, but didn’t. But I did finish before he passed the stage. The good part about making your own grasping ring [...]

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